Mechanism of cone-shaped carbon nanotube bundle formation by plasma treatment

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3864-3873

  Lim, Sun Taek ^a   Cho, Jung Hyun ^a   Huh, Sung Ryul ^a   Jeong, Goo Hwan ^b   Kim, Gon Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUNDLE FORMATION; CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLE; DOWNSTREAM REGION; ENERGETIC ION; HYDROGEN PLASMAS; INDUCED DIPOLE MOMENTS; ION DENSITY; ION IRRADIATION; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PLASMA IRRADIATIONS; PLASMA TREATMENT; SHEATH ELECTRIC FIELD;

ARGON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; IRRADIATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 77955417958     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.052     Document Type: Article

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